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This paper proposes a measure of real-time inflation expectations based on metadata, i.e., data about data, constructed … Search Index (GISI) is assessed relative to 37 other indicators of inflation expectations – 36 survey measures and the TIPS … spread. For decades, the academic literature has focused on three measures of inflation expectations: the Livingston Survey …
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This study sheds new light on the question of whether or not sentiment surveys, and the expectations derived from them …
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A recent study shows that equilibrium indeterminacy arises if monetary policy responds to asset prices, especially share prices, in a sticky-price economy. We show that equilibrium indeterminacy never arises if the working capital of firms is subject to their asset values by financial frictions.
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frequency and real-time data. I present a collection of 37 different measures of inflation expectations, including many … previously unexploited monthly and real-time measures of inflation expectations. These higher frequency measures tend to … that there are benefits to using higher frequency measures of inflation expectations. Out of sample forecasts confirm the …
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aggregate demand shock because it raises output and prices and leads to increasing money market rates in all countries. The … demand shock. Moreover, we find that these housing demand shocks are a key driver of money market rates. We conclude that …
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responds to private sector expectations in forward looking models. In the literature, this type of policy has been both …
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I present evidence that higher frequency measures of inflation expectations outperform lower frequency measures of … inflation expectations in tests of accuracy, predictive power, and rationality. For decades, the academic literature has focused … collection of 37 different measures of inflation expectations, including many previously unexploited monthly and real …
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framework for inflation as a process of restructuring. Contrary to existing theories of inflation, which tend to take structure … and institutions as given for the purpose of analysis, we argue that inflation could be understood only in terms of … restructuring arises as an integral part of capital accumulation. On the aggregate level, inflation appears as stagflation, with the …
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learn, form their expectations, and make decisions regarding savings and production for future periods. There are no …. Money stock is neutral in the long run in either case. We conduct simulations in models with agents having both simple …- tary policy (i.e. changes in money stock) can be used for stabilization purposes. It turns out that in the simple case …
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This paper investigates economies of scale (ES) in financial intermediation as a source of equilibrium indeterminacy. Consumption in the model can be purchased with currency and deposits, and ES in intermediation implies that deposit costs are decreasing in aggregate deposits. The results...
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